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US 5,669,423 AGranted
Gear for driving a rapier of a loom
AssigneePicanol N.V.
InventorMarc Adriaen
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Abstract
A gear (1) for driving a rapier of a loom and composed of a separately manufactured synthetic base body (3, 5) to which a wear-resistant band (9) forming the outside teeth (2) of the gear is bonded by an adhesive (10).
Claims9
A gear for driving a rapier of a loom, said gear comprising:
- a pre-formed base body made of synthetic material, said base body including peripheral base teeth having leading and trailing edges relative to the driving direction of said gear;
- a band having wear-resistant band teeth for engaging said rapier, at least said leading and trailing edges being covered by said band teeth;
- said band being adhesively bonded to said base body to form gear teeth on said base body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.